I listen to National Public Radio, which, to me at least, presents the most rounded view of things.

I'm not an activist per se, but I have strong feelings about things. People can jump on celebrities for being ill-informed or naive, but I've got a right to say what I believe

You get three hours' sleep and then you start all over again. Relentless. Pre-production was almost harder than filming. I was all over the city every day. It was really exhausting.

If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later.

You have to be willing to expose yourself, at least to yourself, to get to some kind of truth about a character.

I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.

I have a tight family group that's really important to me. I don't want to work all the time.